| Elgato Turbo.264 update adds iPhone support
Elgato has released a software update adding a number of new features to the Elgato Turbo.264, a hardware video encoding accelerator in USB stick format. The new software edition adds iPhone export presets, allows user-customizable settings for video conversion, and enables manual selection of soundtracks from DVDs. It also adds improved widescreen detection, performance improvements, and a number of bug fixes. The Turbo.264 1.1 application now has two iPhone presets that follow Apple's recommendations; 4:3 source material produces 480x360 pixel video, 16:9 source is encoded as 480 x 270 pixels. Also users can now set, save, and name their own presets. You can set video parameters such as size, aspect ratio, frame rate and bit rate, as well as audio encoding parameters, and save those settings for future exports.
Green living on campus
Here are some tips for going green on campus: If you intend to upgrade your computer for all the research you're expecting to do, a little pre-class research will tell you which laptop brands are energy-efficient. Compact fluorescent light bulbs use 75 percent less energy than regular incandescent bulbs but provide the same soft lighting. Wash your clothes in cold water to cut 90 percent of the energy used in the wash cycle (most of which is needed to heat the water). Air-dry your clothes when possible. In the 45 minutes it takes to dry a load of wet clothes, an electric dryer will consume more energy than a dorm room requires in a normal day. If you don't have a car and a car battery at your disposal, look for devices that will charge all your hand-held electronics -- from cell phones to iWhatevers.
Companies today just want to rip you off
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It bends! It twists! It's a paper-like battery!
It's a battery that looks like a piece of paper and can be bent or twisted, trimmed with scissors or molded into any shape needed. While the battery is only a prototype a few inches square right now, the researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who developed it have high hopes for it in electronics and other fields that need smaller, lighter power sources. "We would like to scale this up to the point where you can imagine printing batteries like a newspaper. That would be the ultimate," Robert Linhardt, a professor at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at RPI, said in a telephone interview. The development is reported in this week's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Unlike other batteries, Linhardt said, it is an integrated device, not a combination of pieces.
Nokia warns consumers of battery overheating risks
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Cameras offer YouTube capture mode
VANCOUVER - Casio Cameras with YouTube Capture mode, starting at $240. Casio has introduced two new cameras, the EX-S880 and EX-Z77, that come with a YouTube capture mode and bundled software to provide the best settings for recording, storing and uploading video. Record and upload videos to YouTube in two steps or upload multiple videos at once. The EX-S880 will be available in red and black and is expected to sell for $350 when it lands on store shelves in August. The EX-Z77 will be $240. Mustek Portable MP100 Portable DVD Player with swivel screen, $300. Rotate this screen a full 180 degrees so you can watch from any angle. Watch DVDs, listen to CDs or use the memory card slot to view photos or videos from your camera or camcorder. It has a 10-inch LCD screen, remote control, a USB connection and is DivX compatible.
Snapping Up Images and Turning Them Into Art Pieces
Kristen Kisner, 15, looked at a puddle and saw artistic possibilities. A leaky old battery on the ground caught the imagination of 9-year-old Kodjo Alodjinou. For the judges who named the students as the winners of a photography contest sponsored by the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission, it was their creativity and technical skill in capturing the images that turned them into art. .
Workers are turning their cars into their offices
The home office is soooo last century. The new home office comes with four wheels, anti-lock brakes and, in most high-tech cases, a PDA, laptop or navigating system. Armed with a Blackberry Treo, Patty Soll of Mendham Township converts her BMW convertible to a boardroom on a regular basis, and she has tunnel traffic to thank for her productivity. "I'm always on the phone," she said while en route to Philadelphia. "I've had conference calls in my car, checked e-mail and called clients." Commuting by car to New York City since 2003, the general manager of Broad Street Marketing has dropped-call zones down to a science. "I know just when I'll lose reception," she said from her hands-free headset. "The most challenging part of all this was finding just the right headset.
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